/s >> announcer: due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> i'm not a supremacist, i'm a separatist. i believe we should stick with our own race. >> a skin head with a violent past leaves his girlfriend battered and bruised. >> seemed like it was never going to end. >> and the truth of what happened that night could have life altering consequences. >> any jury is not going to find me guilty. my only witness is my victim. >> and? >> i guess he doesn't have a spleen or pancreas any more.

>> a young woman says she stabbed a man in self difference in one of the most dangerous streets in wichita. now her future is up to a judge. >> i just want another chance at life. >> wichita, kansas, is such an all-american town that back in 1951 an all-american comic strip was set here, dennis the menace. one part of wichita, broadway street, proves that even a family friendly city can have an under belly. >> there's all kinds of issues on broadway, and it's not just one part of broadway. it's pretty much the entire stretch of broadway through town. you can find at any given time

stolen cars, drugs, prostitution, human trafficking. just so much that goes on on broadway. >> just a half a mile from broadway's red light district is the sedgwick county jail. most of the 1150 inmates here are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial with the resolution of their cases. vegas walker arrived fresh from broadway. >> i've been robbed before. i've been jumped on, i've been maced. it's never a dull moment on broadway. somebody always getting stabbed, fighting, shooting, and it might sound weird. it's kind of like an a adrenaline rush to me. >> walker says she's been a drug dealer on broadway for much of her young life, and it was a confrontation with a man on that street that led to her arrest. she is charged with aggravated

battery with the intent to cause great bodily harm. walker has pled not guilty, but admits to stabbing her alleged victim, though only in self-defense. >> i guess he don't have a spleen or a pancreas no more. he lost two liters of blod. -- blood. >> walker has been back to jail as an adult on minor probation violations that date back to her original conviction. if she is found guilty on her current charge, she could be sent to prison for years. according to court documents, she and the victim knew each other and had prior conflicts. >> i feel like i didn't do nothing wrong because he shouldn't have put his hands on me. seeing how he's two times my size. >> walker is two hours a away from a court appearance. one in which her prosecutor will offer an opportunity to plead guilty to her current charge in order to a avoid the possibility of the state filing a more serious charge of attempted

murder. >> and i could be facing 20 -- 22 years and i'm only 20 years old. so, that's all my life. >> she's one of the sweetest young girls in here. she's got a lot of issues, but she's sweet as could be. you spend five minutes happening out with her, you would not think the charges she's here for. you wouldn't even think. >> i don't think i should take the plea. i should just try to fight it. if i get 22 years, maybe that's what it was mept to be, but i don't think god is going to let me go to jail for something like that for that long. >> later walker returns to her housing unit from court. she has signed a plea deal to serve up to 6 years three months in prison, but the final decision is up to her judge who will issue the sentence in a separate hearing, and there's one other stipulation.

i don't want to talk about it. >> vegas? >> kansas is only one of a few states with a violent offender registry, similar to more common sex offender registries. the goal is to protect the public. but they also mark the offender for years beyond their sentence. often making it difficult to find housing or a job. tanya salmon is a friend of walker's and has had her own difficulties on broadway. >> we're kind of on the same page about some stuff. yeah, it's going to hurt, yeah, she's going to cry, but she can't shut herself out like this or it's just going to make it worse. i know how she's feeling and if she closes herself out right now, i'm scared what's going to happen for her. >> coming up. >> she had to be forced into handcuffs and then once i was walking her out of the cell door she tried to jump off the mez

level. >> jail official put vegas walker on suicide watch. and. >> pretty soon it was in his face, it was like a firecracker, fuse lit, and i put my hand on her. >> the victim changing her account of what happened.co a wh. box 365, the calendar. everyone knows my paperless, safe driver, and multi-car discounts, but they're about to see a whole new side of me. heck, i can get you over $600 in savings. chop, chop. do i look like i've been hurt before? because i've been hurt before. um, actually your session is up. hang on. i call this next one "junior year abroad."

back flip real quick for you all. >> up to 1150 men and women housed at the sedgwick county jail in wichita, a little more than half are white males.

there is no racial segregation in any of the housing units, but if jason galliard had his way, that policy would change. he displays his beliefs on his skin. >> i know the looks i get. i'm perceived as, you know, a racist or whatever. and, you know, i get that look, you know, like and, you know, i don't care. i love it. i'm not a supremacist, i'm a separatist, meaning i believe that we should all stick with our own race. >> galliard received the majority of his tatoos in prison and says inmates of other races understand. >> you go with your own people, just like animals go with their own speech iz. it's just the natural order of things. >> exactly. that's the best way to put it. i mean the tatoos don't bother me because everybody is tated now. i look at him like, he bought

more tatoos than the last person. that's how i look at it. >> that's his personal issue. as long as he don't take his beliefs or whatever out on me as my skin color, then i don't have a problem with it, you know. >> and as long as it doesn't hurt the next person, it's cool. >> i'm not as extreme as i was. i'm proud of who i am. that's never going to change. and if i see one of my own getting beat up, then i'm going to go to his aid. that's never going to change. that's just who i am. >> you got to realize that prison has been set, the mentality has been set for years and years and years and years. you know what i'm saying? he has to do what he has to do to survive and i have to do what i have to do to survive. >> galliard says he has served time as a juvenile, spent two years in a texas state prison, and recently completed 12 years in a kansas state prison for crimes including theft, forgery, robbery and aggravated battery. >> he says he grew more violent behind bars. >> in texas prison, you know, if

you're white, as soon as you go to prison you got to fight. you have to fight a black, mexican, one of your own to see if you're going break. usually if you don't fight or if you fold up, then whoever folded you up, you basically belong to them. >> despite it all, galliard says sometimes he prefers prison life. >> you ain't gotta pay bills. you ain't got issues. i love women, don't get me wrong. but in here you ain't got to deal with no women issues, man. that's my biggest thing. i did all them years without having to relationship with a woman and i missed being with a woman. don't get me wrong. but as far as being with a woman, the relationship aspect, the fighting, i didn't miss that. it just seems like that's always -- i pended up with a chick, we always went at it all the time. >> and that is exactly why galliard is now a awaiting trial

on several new charges, including kidnapping and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. hayes pled not guilty, but admits to the physical confrontation with his girlfriend that led to his arrest. it started with accusations of cheating. >> who is she messing with, who am i messing with, that sort of thing. we were both feeling it drunk wise. pretty soon we were in each other's face. it was just like a firecracker. a fuse that get lit. , and you know, i put my hands on her. >> judy was left with two black eyes and other bruises. >> i ain't broadproud of that, ain't done it before. first time i ever struck a woman. >> she also reported that galliard held a knife to her throat which resulted in the most serious charge, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. because of his prior record, galliard could face up to 50 years in prison if found guilty. but he says now it's less of a concern because she has recanted the knife claim. >> she basically said, hey, it's

never happened. i lied about it. that's what i mean by recant. she admitted that she lied about it. so, any jury is not going to find me guilty from her saying i lied about it. they can't find you guilty. >> coming up. >> who are you going to see? >> galliard. >> galliard's victim pays him a visit. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance.

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inside wichita's sedgwick county jail, vegas walker recently pled guilty to aggravated battery with intent to cause great bodily harm. she stabbed a man, but says it was in self-defense. and as her sentencing draws nearer, she's been struggling. >> she got into an altercation argument with an inmate and, so, we diffused them and moved them both. >> walker was transferred from lower security unit into pod 22, higher security unit with single-person cells. >> three or four minutes into pod 22 she said she wanted to kill herself.

it took a response team and myself to get her. she refused to get up. she had to be forced into handcuffs and once i was walking her out of the cell door she tried to jump off the mez level. >> walker was immediately placed on suicide watch. she was confined to a special isolation cell and stripped of all possessions in order to not harm herself. even her clothes were replaced with a thick tear-proof gown to prevent hanging. >> it's not a form of punishment, but it's just a way to make sure they're safe. we always say that we want to make sure that our staff leave okay every night. well, we feel that way about the inmates, too. that's our primary job here, is to make sure that they are safe. >> on the third day of suicide watch, jail officials have decided to change walker's status. >> per the mental health they're going to discontinue suicide watch and begin a rakt watch. the deputy will check on her every 30 minutes. they're going to log every 30 minutes of her behavior.

>> she will be confined to this cell 23 hours per day, but is now allowed to wear a regular uniform and to have a few personal possessions as long as they are not sharp. >> she has no access to the razor because she attempted to suicide. >> though walker was quickly restrained after she moved toward the railing, she says her intention was real. >> i felt like just ending it. i don't want to be in jail no more. i was tired of being in jail. i was tired of dealing with all the things that i've been dealing with. i was just sick of everything and everybody. >> after a few hours on ract watch, deputy may berry responds to a disturbance in walker's unit she has been trashing the cell and kicking the door. >> what's a wrong? >> [ bleep ]. >> stop yelling. i can hear you. >> walker says the inmate worker

who moved her possessions into her new cell stole her radio and other items. >> let me do some looking around. you say a radio and shampoo, right? >> radio, shampoo, [ bleep ] vaseline for my hair. >> let me do some searching around, all right? >> tell that -- that took it. >> relax, all right? >> walker is also irritated by other women outside her cell in the unit's day room. >> don't trying to act hard while i'm behind this door. >> chill out and don't let them rev you up because you're locked up and they're not. juc just chill out, all right? i'll get your radio back to you. >> and my vaseline and shampoo. >> i don't know about all that. they might have thrown that away. you relax the rest of this night and you'll have your radio tomorrow. okay, all right. i'm done. i gave you that option. all right? look, i'm pretty sure they're

not going to let you sit here and bang in there all day. you'll probably end up in the chair back on suicide watch. there you go. >> oh, vegas, i know her from the streets. my girl, you've got to stop because of the simple fact of you, somebody is going to kick you, you're going to learn really quick what it's like to be in jail. >> walker's friend jayme miller is assigned to the same housing unit. >> this is just too much. all night screaming and yelling and -- i can't do it. >> look at her. >> she's hill. >> i cannot believe she woke you up this morning. >> wow. >> i heard you screaming and banging last night. shut up. >> you're not going to get anywhere in this cell acting like that. the easier you are, the more you comply with the deputies, you'll

get privileges. >> that's the only way they pay you attention around here, when you ask nicely for people to do stuff. then they look at you like, oh, they ignore you. when you flip out or something, they're at your door. vegas, i've never had a problem with you. what's going on with you, this, and this and this and that? >> miller knows walker has been anxious about her upcoming sentencing. >> they can give you probation or prison time, right? what did you sign a plea for? >> five years. >> five years pen tensionery time? >> the deal walker actually signed makes her eligible for more than six years in prison for stabbing a man, though she hopes the judge will give her probation instead. >> i'm probably going to get probation. >> who is your judge? mcguy an? girl, you're going to prison. >> no, i'm not. he says i can get probation. >> you have the plea papers?

>> no. >> i would ask for a copy of what you signed, honey. >> i already have a copy. i ripped it up. i'm going to get one or the other. it's all up to the judge. >> either way, i hope for the best. i mean, it's gonna happen either way. >> what is? >> whatever is going to happen. i don't know. you don't know. >> no, i do know. i have to stay -- >> all right. well, i'm about to move around. all right. that don't make no sense. >> though miller knows walker's judge and is convinced she's headed to prison, walker believes faith will set her free and she's used a bar of soap to reflect that belief. >> this is a cross, i wrote crosses all over my sink. i put crosses on everything so i can remind myself why i'm trying to change.

>> coming up. >> what's up? >> tell me exactly what you told the police. >> i told him that he took a knife, put it to my throat. >> jason galliard's girlfriend changes her story. >> so, the knives are a lie? >> and. >> ms. walker, your situation is regrettable in a great many ways. >> vegas walker faces the judge. because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which one's your favorite? come home with me! it's truck month! find your tag for an average total value over $11,000 on chevy silverado all star editions when you finance through gm financial. find new roads at your local chevy dealer.

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>> announcer: due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> for most inmates, there is no mistaking life inside wichita sedgwick county jail for home, sweet home. but there is one policy implemented by sheriff jeff easter that they would especially like to see go away. or in this case, flushed away. it's the toilet paper policy. >> we get a roll a week. i try to make mine last and stretch it out, you know. >> how? >> you just don't use as much, you know. >> sheriff easter says the one roll per week toilet paper policy has nothing to do with punishment, but everything to do with waste. >> there was toilet paper being used as tablecloths, toilet

paper full three or four rolls being stuffed down the toilet to flood the cell so they would be taken out of their cells. toilet paper put on the vents, over the windows, toilet paper put under the cracks of the doors. the waste of toilet paper was unbelievable. so, we sat down and looked at it. and decide that had we would issue them a roll of toilet paper a week. the first year, the saving to the tax payers was $50,000 in toilet paper. >> some inmates say one roll a week is just unsustainable. >> a lot of soft foods and one roll of toilet paper a week makes for a bad deal. [ laughter ] >> heck yeah. >> for you it's one roll of toilet paper a week, that's it. i've been locked down for 72 hours for stealing a roll of toilet paper before. >> i have, too. >> went behind the desk took a roll of toilet paper, man, i needed it. >> if they're sick, have the flu, flu-like symptoms, those

type of thing, they're going to get as much toilet paper they need until they're done being sick. but if, you know, they're not indigent and they have commissary, it costs $1.32 to buy another roll. >> another toilet paper $1.30. >> those additional rolls of toilet paper can be purchased from the jail's commissary along with other toiletries and snack. jason just received his weekly commissary order, including one roll of toilet paper. >> how much did you spend here? >> this is 50 cent. isn't that crazy? wal-mart, 50 cent fill this whole table up twice that. >> galliard's girlfriend deposits money into his commissary account once a week. >> whenever she gets paid she'll give me 50. when she's not getting paid she'll give me 30. or if i beg her she might give me another 50. >> judy sa mora not only gives him money, but visits regularly

despite the beating she suffered at galliard's hands, which led to his current incarceration. >> hello. >> who do you want to see? >> galliard. we talk to each other pretty much every day on the phone. i come to see him every week. okay, thank you. >> he obviously has issues, but i do care about him and i do love him. >> sa mora says she expects to be called to testify at galliard's trial on charges including kidnapping and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. >> i've got to play nice because of the situation. and do i harbor ill will or hard feelings towards her, i did initially, and there's still a little animosity of course, because i'm in here. but i don't blame her for it. and i forgive her for it. just like she forgives me for doing that.

>> what's up? >> did you shave your head? >> yep. can you tell? >> as far as us talking about what happened, he says he's ashamed of it, doesn't want to talk about it. but i do want to talk about it. >> sa mora a says she and galliard agreed he would try to get into an anger management class offered at the jail. >> whatever happened with those classes that you was trying to take? >> they still ain't said nothing to me about it yet because -- i don't know, i'm just taking it -- as far as, you know, severity of the crime or whatever, they're trying to say probably that i'm not eligible to go, i think. i'm going to ask again and see, but i've been asking. nothing else, definitely they are going to make me go when i get out. the judge will order -- >> that's probably a given. we had been drinking, i had a couple beers, he was drinking

some vodka. we were having a good time. >> both galliard and sa mora say on the night of the beating they accused each other of infidelities. >> at first i just pulled my hair a couple times. then he slapped me up side the head. but then he continued to slap me. >> i didn't hit her with no closed fist, but still i ain't making no excuses for it, either. i mean, i slapped her up. >> then they drove to a friend's house, but things got worse. galliard stopped on the way. >> he hit me a couple more times. those two times was when i really got frightened. my eyes had been scratched and it was very painful. and i just thought, just seemed like it was never going to end. >> she said she was scared that i was going to hit her again and, so, she left. that's when she went to the police station. >> yeah, you ain't heard nothing from the d.a. or nothing yet? >> no, not a people. >> if you're going to go to

trial, they're going to talk to you a week before i go. >> yeah. >> you know, if they don't show up, they're going to put out a warrant for you, all that good stuff. >> would you show up, then? >> yeah. if you don't show up they'll try to make it seem like i'm telling you not to show up, see what i'm saying? >> yeah. >> instead of it being your free will choice, because i'm the bad guy. >> it's now in galliard's best interest for sa mora to talk to his prosecutors because she has changed a part of her story. it could be the difference between galliard receiving a short prison term or spending decades behind bars if found guilty. >> tell me exactly what you told the police. >> i told them that he took a knife to my throat, a large hunting knife, put it to my throat. that if i didn't tell the truth he's going to kill me. had a little knife, said he was going to start sticking me if i didn't tell them the truth. >> should galliard be found guilty of using a knife, even in just a threatening manner, his

sentencing guidelines increase dramatically. >> i'll never get out. i'm dying in prison. you know, she wanted to get back at me and she knew the record that i got and my history, so, she knew what, you know, she can tell them, embellish on a little bit. >> did he have a knife? >> no. >> after guard yard's arrest, sa mora recanted her account of the knife. >> you made up the story of a knife, two knives? >> two knives. >> she came around finally and we talked about it and i apologized for it, you know. as long as i got that off my back, i'm good. worst case scenario i'll get a couple years in prison. >> but just seconds later during our interview with sa mora. >> so, the knives are a lie? are they, judy? >> no, they're not. >> he had a knife? >> yeah. >> any jury is not going to find

me guilty. my only witness is my victim. >> why would you recant those elements of the story? >> well, i don't want to be responsible for him going back to jail. >> i miss you. >> i miss you, too, babe. when are you coming up next week? >> tuesday, same time. >> i love you, baby. >> i love you, too, honey. >> i'll call you tomorrow. >> stay out of trouble. okay? >> you be good. >> love you. >> bye. >> bye. >> do you consider yourself a victim of domestic violence? >> yes, i do. >> this is a man who repeatedly hit you. why are you making it so easy for him in this environment? >> i don't know. obviously i want to. i've always been, you know, more concerned apparently for the other person than for myself obviously. i understand how it works.

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inside wichita sedgwick county jail, jason galliard's future most likely rests in the hand of his girlfriend judy samora. >> i love her.

i mean, when you're with somebody for that long time, whatever, living with each other, you know, you're going to develop feelings. but i know it's never going to be like it was. >> though she was left badly bruised, galliard says he only slapped samora during an argument. later samora recanted her claim to police that galliard also threatened her with a knife, but during our interview with her she said she did so in order to protect him. >> i don't want to be responsible for him going back to jail. like i said, i didn't really think he was going to kill me. i just didn't think he was. >> because of galliard's criminal history which includes prior violent crimes, whatever version samora testifies to in court could be the difference between him going away for a few years or decades if found guilty. >> if you have to go to court and you have to testify, you're

going to perjure yourself on the stand? >> no. >> because they will ask you about your statement. >> uh-huh. >> i'm just curious if you would put yourself in that kind of predicament. >> yeah. >> you'll tell the truth? >> uh-huh. >> does he know that? >> i have to. huh-uh, i don't think so. yeah. >> the next time we saw galliard, he refused to speak to us on camera. we also checked in with samora. she said she had spoken to galliard and had shared details with him about her interview with us. galliard's case will be resolved in the nearby court building, the same one vegas walker is in today to learn her sentence for stabbing a man on wichita's broadway street. >> all rise. >> the judge can sentence her to anything from probation to up to 75 months or more than six years

in state prison. >> on the record in the state of kansas versus vegas walker, we're here this morning for sentencing following a plea of guilty to one count of aggravated battery. >> both the prosecution and defense will make sentencing recommendations. vegas's attorney eli brian, argues for probation. >> mr. brian. >> thank you, judge. ms. walker as i detailed in the motion is a young woman who unfortunately has had a lot go wrong for her. she has been bounced around in foster care and at the time of this incident she was homeless. she was living on the streets and the broadway neighborhood, we all know, isn't very good. she was on the streets out of necessity. she didn't have a stable home life to go to. she got caught up with the wrong crowd and this confrontation resulted in her taking steps that she understands now were

not appropriate. and she is here today to take responsibility for that. since this has occurred, her family has rallied around her and made the adjustments to where if she was to be released op probation, she could stay with them immediately. probation is going to hold her accountable. she's not going to be living on the streets. she wants to get as farah way from broadway as possible. she's young enough and she's smart enough that if she were given a chance on probation, i think she would succeed, and that's why i think rehabilitation at this point is more proper than an imprisonment. thank you, judge. >> did you want to proceed at this time? >> thank you. >> assistant district attorney attorney believes walker should go to prison for the maximum 75 months. >> sometimes the harm is just too great, judge. prison should be reserved for violent offenders and in this case that is what ms. walker has, in fact, become.

>> the prosecution asserts that a dispute over money is what led to the stabbing. >> to be clear, judge, the eyewitness to this incident indicated that the victim told the defendant that he wasn't going to talk to her and that he didn't owe her any money. that pissed her off because she wanted her money. she went away, she threatened to shoot him. when she came back she again approached him, went up, slapped him. he slapped her back. that pissed her off, so, she grabbed the large butcher knife where she had it hid ebb in her waist and she stabbed him in the gut. she severed his pan crass, his spleen, his liver before the knife finally exited the back of his abdomen. she doesn't try to get him help. she doesn't wait for the cops to try to explain what happened. she doesn't take responsibility at the scene. she stabs him, says, i told you not to [ bleep ] with me and then she leaves the scene. this case could have

appropriately been charged as an attempted murder. the question the court has to answer is, is she a public safety risk and the facts of the case would indicate she is as does her criminal history. >> after amex has completed her argument, walker is given the opportunity to speak for herself. >> i just want to say that even though it sounds really, really bad, i'm sorry. my goal was not to kill him or to -- i was scared. i truly was scared. i can't, i can't fight no man. i've always accepted responsibility for anything that i did. the reason i didn't stay is because i was scared. i didn't know what was going to happen. i wasn't thinking straight. i had been up for three, four days. i just wasn't thinking straight. i'm sorry. that's all i can say is that i'm sorry and i won't ever do anything like that again.

i just want another chance at life because i'm better than this. >> all right, thank you. >> finally, it's time for the judge to hand down the sentence. >> ms. walker, your situation is regrettable in a great many ways. i have done what i can to be as informed as i can in looking at what's the appropriate sentence in your case. and the two options here are obviously prison or probation. to place you on probation, i would have to consider the risk you would pose outside of this building. and in considering that, i have to look at what you've got to help you succeed on probation. and right now that isn't much.

you were obviously transient, essentially homeless as you stated today, using very serious drugs and certainly those did not benefit you in this situation. and while your attorney can argue today that your family is now ready to assist you, we really don't know much about that and whether it would be available regularly in the future is unknown. so, those all work against you being successful on probation. now, ms. walker, the second thing that i consider most today, and i do with any case that is before me, is your criminal history. you're 21 barely, and you have as massed a fairly significant criminal history for someone so young. what's troubling about your history is that it has slowly increased in seriousness, and now we're in a situation that in

all fairness probably could have been charged as an attempted murder. and this increase in seriousness right now seems to indicate you're a danger to others. to place you on probation puts me in the position of saying, we're going to take a risk on you right now to see whether or not you're going to harm someone else or do an even more serious crime. you take a knife and you stab someone and almost kill them, you're making decisions. >> bad ones. >> you are right, bad ones. and there's consequence for those decisions. you won't be going on probation, and you will be going to prison. because you are young, you still have a significant period of life in front of you to make these changes that you and your attorney say you want to make. whether you're going to make those or not is going to be up to you.

considering all the required factors, the sentence is as follows. i'm going to sentence the defendant to a determine of 68 months in the custody of the secretary of corrections. ms. walker, i take no pleasure in sending someone of your age to prison, but the state is right. you have shown you are a danger to others and at this time the best place for you is prison. >> coming up. >> right now she's in crisis mode. she thought she was going to be released and they just sentenced her to prison. yeah, with liberty mutual all i needed to do to get an estimate was snap a photo of the damage and voila! voila! (sigh) i wish my insurance company had that... wait! hold it... hold it boys... there's supposed to be three of you...

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>> next door to the sedgwick county jail is the criminal courts building.

inside vegas walker has just been sentenced to 68 months in prison for stabbing a man. she is now escorted with other inmates appearing in court through the long underground corridor that connects the courts building to jail. prior to court, walker was convinced that the judge would empathize with her difficult up bringing and her claim that she stabbed the man in self-defense and release her on probation. >> i'm pissed. i should have got the chance to go home. everybody knew i was going to prison but me. >> as a result of what jail officials identified as a suicide attempt, walker is still on ract watch, meaning she must be confined to a special observation cell. but now walker has decided ton return to her cell. >> i'm not going. >> [ inaudible ]. >> no.

>> walker? >> no. >> walker? walker. >> stop, stop, stop. stop. stop it! put your hands behind your back. stop it right now. stop. >> right now she's in crisis mode. she thought she was going to be

released and they just sentenced her to prison. it's very common. they expect they're going to get out or they get less time or more time. some of them explode. some of them shut down. it's a terrible stressful time in their life. >> sergeant abbott who has worked closely with walker in the past attemptss to help. >> we're going to stand you up. stand up. stand up. stand up. >> it's difficult because you've got to keep that separate line of caring too much and doing your job. ms. walker don't do this. >> i don't care. >> why don't you care? i want her to know that i care about her, i do, because that's my job to take care of these people while they're here. but yet she can't lay on the floor. >> finally walker returns to her

cell. >> we're going to take the cuffs off. >> i want to be alone. i don't want to be in here. i don't want to be around people at all. >> i'll do whatever in my means i can do to help her. >> walker's friend jamie miller witnessed her outburst and is upset by t. >> i've seen her act like a child today. you're a big girl and pulled a knife on somebody, you knew the risk when you pulled a knife and you act like that on the streets, the thing about it is i know both sides. i know her victim, everybody knows him. and what she did was wrong. so, now it's time for you to go lay down and do your time. you did the crime, with a jumpsuit you do the time. why are you acting a fool in the middle of the day room? you're a big girl, remember? you pulled a knife. you cut him up. accept what you did.

>> a short time later a decision is made to house walker in the medical clinic until she is calmer. it is a quieter setting away from other inmates. it will allow medical and mental health staff to better monitor her. >> thank you for letting me have the phone call. >> you're welcome. . what did your mama say? >> she told me to quit crying and, um, to start writing because i write a lot. i always have. and even though she can't stand me sometimes, she didn't wish that i got this long. i think my mama actually been

praying. >> vegas walker was seen yesterday by a mental health specialist. they felt like she was in crisis also and they appreciated us putting her in the clinic so they could keep an eye onner, closer eye on her. i went back up yesterday evening and talked to her before i went home and she felt like she was in a good place after she spoke with her mom and she felt like she could go back to housing and so she could be around people. >> okay, i'll go get your jump suit and make sure you clean your room. all right?

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